Barry McGeough’s Post

What a week that brings Barry McGeough and Steve Lamar of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) together again in a Three-peat. In the immortal words of Schoolhouse Rock: “Three is a magic number. Somewhere in that ancient mystic trinity, the past and the present and the future, faith and hope and charity, The heart and the brain and the body give you three as a magic number” Thanks Paul Lewis and Kirat Anand at RETHINK Retail for an amazing dinner and mixer crescendo to The Lead , for making this triumvirate possible and amazing to spend this momentous evening with Pauline Chow at AmeriCo. Group

thank you Rick Horwitch at Bureau Veritas Group and Liza Amlani at Retail Strategy Group for hosting this intimate and inspiring dinner with industry leaders as we discussed the current strategic crossroad we find ourselves in as we engage todays consumer leading up to The Lead this week and the opportunity to spend more time with Steve Lamar of our American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) Awesome conversation with Hatun Aytug at PDS Limited, Pooja Chandiramani at Coach, Wendy Waugh at Theory, Vivian Chang, Teymour Golsorkhi at DashLX Gregg Meyer Karen Giberson Neha Kovach Jenny Liu Raj Dhiman Gwen Beloti Rachel Wyatt Alisa Brady This is #appliedinnovation at work

kudos to Anat Katz and the Israel Economic Mission to the USA - East Coast for a great kick off to The Lead week with introductions to an impressive cohort of start ups at last nights retail-tech-innovation mixer at BOD Consulting HQ at Grand Central. Following the keen eye of Oren Paran at the Retail Innovation Club always guides us to the best and brightest tech and it was as always both inspiring and enlightening to hear Deborah Weinswig 韋葆蘭 of Coresight Research and Steve Lamar of American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) speak insider baseball with industry legend Ari Hoffman of Ted Baker about the current retail landscape zeitgeist and ‘the right problem to solve’. Already shaping up to be an amazing week … this is #appliedinnovation at work

This is #appliedinnovation. It was an honor to keynote today at PI Apparel sharing why #AI is nothing short of accelerated intelligence and how it is already effecting our businesses, our lives and our society, how fast we are moving from Generative AI to Generative Biology, why it matters…. and humbled by the kind words of Brion Carroll (II) thank you Michael Ratcliffe Madeleine Galbraith Liam Mathias Monica Afonso #genAI #supercycle

Why do we feel so bad when things are so good ? Welcome to the Great Contraction. Pleased to have this article published in the The Robin Report analyzing the opportunities at either end of our 'hourglass effect' economy ( thank you Deborah Weinswig 韋葆蘭 of Coresight Research ) the danger of the mediocre middle in the US market, and the opportunities everywhere to remediate brand health by either adding extreme value or connect to consumer strategies ( or both ) driven by #foresight and #appliedinnovation and no small amount of #AI. Check out my article here and welcome your thoughts ! Thank you Deborah Patton and Robin Lewis for the encouragement to write this and looking forward to the honor of being a regular contributor #strategy #strategicforesight #innovation #consumerback #connecttoconsumer

Its a great honor to return to the PI Apparel stage next week with our industries best #DPC thought leaders, to discuss the implications, ethics, and opportunities of #GenAI for our sector and the brands we support as we see, and manifest, the digitalization of everything. Looking forward to meeting colleagues and friends, join us at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea June 26~27. Sallyann Houghton, Ricardo Lajoie, Karen Martone, Jordan Robinson, Katherine Schildmeyer, Kaveen Ratnaweera, Nelly Mensah, Brion Carroll (II) #PIAAPPAREL #APPLIEDINNOVATION

Only at Rarely Heard Voices: This amazing shot says it all. Brand, media and tech Innovator Liz Heller and I watching, enrapt, at Joanna Peña-Bickley ( Amazon Uber IBM ) unpacking the current #AI zietgeist for #GenZ retailers with shocking precision - from privacy to the crisis being created by 'weapons of mass distraction' ( thanks Mike Bechtel ) to the coming wave of Large Science Models and literal miracles of generative biology - a great moment captured at a great event. No wonder Brendan Dorrian is regarded as the best networker in Global Retailing. #appliedinnovation #aiinnovation